Constitutional Law
Aug. 18, 2025
2nd Amendment weirdos - Part V: A view from the bottom
In a sharply reasoned yet ultimately reversed opinion, Judge Carlton Reeves applied the Supreme Court's own "historical tradition" test to strike down a federal gun-possession ban for a rehabilitated felon, while dismantling the methodological flaws and cherry-picked history underlying modern Second Amendment jurisprudence.
Myron Moskovitz
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
My last few columns described
how some lower courts have dutifully complied with U.S. Supreme Court opinions
that expanded the coverage of the Second Amendment -- while those judges also
noted some serious weaknesses in the high court's reasoning.
I've saved the best for last.
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